diff --git a/include/comm.h b/include/comm.h
index d1c1478..fd3e17e 100644
--- a/include/comm.h
+++ b/include/comm.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     int suspended;
     int unget,xmit;
     int baudrate;
+    int evtchar;
     /* events */
     int commerror, eventmask;
     /* buffers */